For the seventh time in as many years, President Barack Obama has pardoned the national turkey.
In the Rose Garden on Wednesday afternoon, a turkey named "Abe" was officially pardoned by the president.
The turkey will live out his days in leisure on a turkey farm with a turkey barn named the White House.
The next in the line of succession, a turkey named Honest, was held in an undisclosed location for his own protection.
Should "Abe" not be able to serve his official duties, "Honest" would step in as the next turkey in line of succession.
Both Honest and Abe are 18-week old 40 pound turkeys.
The turkeys are now on their way to a permanent home at Morven Park's "Turkey Hill."
The tradition dates back President Harry Truman who pardoned a turkey in 1947.